Finished the Greatest Event in Television History. I do agree it is a lot of work for a 12 min piece. I do want to see a Magnum PI remake with Chris Pratt as Thomas Magnum, and Nick Offerman as Higgins.

Ah, see now this is what I knew was going to happen with True Detective: they're starting to pad the episodes with drama elements until it engulfs it. It was far more interesting getting to know the two guys and find clues than their home life, which has reared its ugly head tonight. There's still some moments of brilliance, but for this episode you could skip to the last five minutes and gain all progression they have on the case.

I heard it was a good show, but haven't really been motivated to watch until my gf decided to just have it on in the background. It's actually REALLY good.

"Speaking of which, there's another elitist prick that argues constantly on the Politics forums by the name of dohdough. He's a complete douche, but at least he keeps his posts in that cesspool of useless opinions. He gets my runner-up nomination."

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Yu-Gi-Oh Season 3 - The Noa arc had potential, and I liked the idea of Deck Masters, but Noa himself was so freaking annoying. Thankfully, the Battle City finals made up for it, and thanks to Flatiron I can sell the Noa arc with no missing episodes.

Powerpuff Girls Special - The altered art style took some getting used to, but the plot was pure Powerpuff. Biggest gripe is that the episode moved extremely fast, lacking any of the beats or pauses that the original show had.

Monster Rancher Season 1 - A bland beginning, but it improves by the end of the season. Digimon and Pokemon have more creative monster designs though.

Super Megaforce was Bandai's cash-in on the One Piece craze at the time. Goseiger is about a bunch of Space Pirates who have the powers of every single Power Ranger multiverse. Don't worry about chronology, since the multiverse thing is heady enough.

Yu-Gi-Oh Season 3 - The Noa arc had potential, and I liked the idea of Deck Masters, but Noa himself was so freaking annoying. Thankfully, the Battle City finals made up for it, and thanks to Flatiron I can sell the Noa arc with no missing episodes.

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Super Megaforce was Bandai's cash-in on the One Piece craze at the time. Goseiger is about a bunch of Space Pirates who have the powers of every single Power Ranger multiverse. Don't worry about chronology, since the multiverse thing is heady enough.

Power Rangers doesn't use the multiverse rule. The only series to take place in a different universe is RPM, every other show is in the same continuity. Heck, Super Megaforce doesn't even get rid of the Tensei suits. The Goseiger suits are just an alternate mode. Also, Saban (who is in charge, Bandai just does the toys) got rid of all the pirate aesthetics. The Rangers act the same as they did last season.

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Disney tried to kill the series multiple times and actually did (after telling the RPM staff "This is the last season so do whatever") but Saban bought the series and all their other properties back from Disney, hence why we finally got Digimon boxsets and why Samurai/Megaforce and Digimon Fusion are now airing on Nickelodeon.

Samurai actually got huge marketing blitz and took up plenty of space at Toys R Us. Megaforce tried, but Nickelodeon didn't really care. However, the fandom is probably as big as it has ever been since MMPR Season 2.

Also, Toei makes a ton of money from Power Rangers and its source series, Super Sentai, is still as big as ever.

I'm guessing its not particularly popular here in the UK as much as the US then. I swear as a kid it was everywhere and then I know they had a few different ones but I haven't seen any mention of them in years, outside of the internet.

I'm guessing its not particularly popular here in the UK as much as the US then. I swear as a kid it was everywhere and then I know they had a few different ones but I haven't seen any mention of them in years, outside of the internet.

I think broadcasting rules were weirder in the UK. I think up until the 90s, fire or Ninjas couldn't be shown on screen (at least on children's television programming.) Those these days, the standards aren't as strict as here in the States, though some things may be odd to us Americans. So not having Power Rangers on the air because of "concerns" may be a big reason why it's not as popular.

I think it's popular in the US because most of the fans remember it from their childhood but haven't seen an actual episode in quite some time, so they have this preconceived notion that the show is clearly about a bunch of teenagers with attitude who fight in rubber suits against rubber monsters, practically the same feeling some people get with Godzilla. Odds are if you're a serious Godzilla fan, you'll probably get a kick out of watching all those Japanese super hero TV shows, that for some reason always have a serious tone no matter what the monster of the week.

Anyway,WTF? They took out the pirate theme? Methinks Bandai had a hand in that despite the fact that they also sell One Piece merchandise. They must somehow think that the so-so popularity of One Piece here in the States might hurt the chances of a Pirate Power Rangers? What about the Pirates of the Caribbean?! Swear to god, marketers are just jerks.

Sure removing a lot of the pirate stuff is very reminiscent of what the Power Rangers did when they became Ninjas but jeez.

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1) Because Disney skipped Shikenger and just aired a "reversioned" edition of MMPR, the American staff was 2 years behind.

2) Since Niceklodeon wanted Samurai to be 2 seasons spread out over 2 years, that caused then to fall further behind.

3) In order to try and catch up, Saban condensed Goseiger into 20 episodes (Megaforce) and then inserted Gokaiger in the second half (Super Megaforce). The cast themselves are the same, the Rangers use the Legend Key to transform from the Goseiger suits to the Gokaiger suits, and then morph again to whatever suit they're borrowing.

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